Predicting Well-Being From Personality in Adolescents and Older Adults

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 455-467

  Butkovic, Ana ^a   Brkovic, Irma ^a   Bratko, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Older adults; Personality; Well Being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860917660     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-011-9273-7     Document Type: Article

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